After
months of nail-biting, speculation, and copious analysis – we finally have it. The Supreme Court of the United States has rendered its decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius.
And the left, the feminists, the Obama Administration, and most of all – the country WON!
In a 5-4 decision, with Chief Justice John Roberts crossing the aisle to side with the liberal wing of the court, the Supreme Court decided that the vast majority of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act was Constitutional and would move forward.
At the center of the controversy, the so-called “individual mandate,” or requirement that most Americans carry health insurance or face a financial penalty, received the most attention. Initially, CNN, FOX News, and even NPR had reported that the mandate had been declared unconstitutional. [Read more...]
An article in today’s 
Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor begin Monday, July 13. At first the pro-choice community knew nothing about her record on choice and how she might vote on an abortion case. Unfortunately, we still have no hard evidence. We cannot make assumptions, but over the past few months of the media, congress, and non-profit organizations investigating her record have revealed she may have a progressive bent to her thinking and she may even resemble the legal demeanor of her predecessor, Justice David Souter, which was mindful of precedent, progressive and critically thinking. 
. The city seems to have rightfully pulled the test as a faulty (biased) basis for promotion. 
My posting intentions this week were seriously sidetracked late last night when I received a startling text message from a friend. The text message included an attached photo [inset] with the simple words: “I don’t know what to do. Should I call the police? I’m scared.”
Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s record on abortion is virtually non-existent. The closest she has come to a decision on reproductive rights is the case of Center for Reproductive Law & Policy v. Bush. This case is situated around the Global Gag Rule, also known as the Mexico City Policy, that Bill Clinton repealed, George W. Bush re-enacted, and President Obama repealed. This is a very important policy because its enactment prohibits the US from funding organizations providing contraception, sexual health information, and abortion overseas. I am careful to say this case is “situated around” the global gag rule, since the ruling found by Sotomayor, and a panel of two other judges, has largely been interpreted as an opinion which upholds precedent. In other words, this case should not be used as an indicator of how Sotomayor might rule on an abortion case to uphold or overturn Roe v. Wade.
